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May 19, 2010
President Should Act on Rights Commission
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia should demonstrate leadership in accelerating the establishment of the country’s Independent National Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said in a joint letter to the president today. read more (PDF)

April 12, 2010
Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review
Ninth session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council read more (PDF)

December 3, 2009
TRC Final Report Released (Updated)
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia (TRC) presented its final report containing findings, determinations and recommendations made by the Commission to the National Legislature. The report contains major findings on: the root causes of the conflict, the impact of the conflict on women, children and the generality of the Liberian society; responsibility for the massive commission of Gross Human Rights Violations (GHRV), and violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), International Human Rights Law (IHRL) as well as Egregious Domestic Law Violations (EDLV). www.trcofliberia.org

March 1, 2009
Lessons from Liberia: Reintegrating women in post-conflict Liberia
Thirty to forty percent of all fighting forces during Liberia’s 14 years of conflict were women and girls. Despite UN and government intentions for a gender-based approach to Disarmament, Demobilization Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DDRR), there was not enough high level political support to make sure that DDRR staff followed the UN’s Standards. Barriers such as fear of stigmatization need to be considered today as the country moves beyond the DDRR process and into community based reintegration programs that address all the needs in the community. read more (PDF)

Women of Liberia: Fighting for Peace
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January 23, 2009
Liberia: After the truth, Liberians need justice
Amnesty International welcomes the preliminary recommendation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to establish a criminal court with jurisdiction over "egregious domestic crimes, gross violations of human rights and serious humanitarian law violations" committed in Liberia between January 1979 and October 2003. read more (PDF)

December 11, 2008
Liberia: Will those investigated by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission ever be prosecuted?
On 30 November 2008 the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia (TRC) published a list of 198 names of individuals who are suspected of perpetrating war crimes and other serious human rights violations committed between 1979 and 2003. The TRC is calling on these individuals to appear before it to respond to the allegations. read more (PDF)

July 29, 2008
Liberia: Towards the final phase of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Amnesty International urges the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia to fully accomplish its mandate as a "forum that will address issues of impunity". Liberian victims of past human rights violations have the right to know the truth [...] read more (PDF)

July 25, 2008
Liberia: Amnesty International calls for repeal of death penalty law signed by Liberian President
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July 18, 2008
Liberia: President must veto death penalty bill
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April 17, 2008
Liberia: A flawed post-war process discriminates against women and girls
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29. March 2007
Liberia: Time for Truth, Justice and Reparation
The report highlights the impact of failure to address impunity and laid out the type and pattern of violations during the conflict period. It documents the steps that have been taken so far and looks at the TRC process, international justice mechanisms and the state of the national justice system. read more

February 15, 2007
Liberia: Government doing little to ease pain of haunted past
Amnesty International today revealed that the Liberian government has done almost nothing to bring to justice thousands of people accused of serious human rights abuses that took place during the country's protracted armed conflict, in which hundreds of thousands were killed, raped or tortured. read more

December 20, 2006
Liberia: A Brief Guide to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The guide describes the mandate and functions of the TRC and outlines Amnesty International's main recommendations to the TRC and to the Liberian government. read more

December 12, 2006
USA/Liberia: US indictment of Chuckie Taylor for torture
Amnesty International welcomed the US Federal Grand Jury indictment on 6 December 2006 of Roy Belfast, Jr. (also known as Charles or Chuckie Taylor, Charles Taylor II and Charles MacArthur Emmanuel) a US citizen, for torture and conspiracy to torture, allegedly committed while he served as the head of the former Liberian President Charles Taylor's Anti Terrorist Unit (ATU).Amnesty International welcomed this development... read more (PDF)

June 2, 2006
Liberia: Truth, Justice and Reparation
Memorandum on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act read more

January 27, 2006
New President Must Act Now on Taylor
Liberia's new president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, should take prompt action to ensure that former Liberian President Charles Taylor is surrendered to the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the Campaign Against Impunity said today in an open letter to President Johnson-Sirleaf, who was inaugurated on January 16. read more

January 13, 2006
Crisis Group: Liberia - Staying Focused
While the inauguration of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as Liberia’s president on 16 January offers great hope, the country will only recover if the government and international community maintain their cooperative momentum. read the full report

September 19, 2005
Peace elusive as Liberians prepare to elect new government
As Liberians finally prepare to elect a new government following almost two decades of conflict characterized by gross violations of human rights by all sides, Amnesty International warned that the prospects for peace in Liberia are still under threat ... read more

September 19, 2005
Violence, discrimination and impunity
Sporadic outbreaks of violence continue to threaten the people of Liberia and their prospects of peace. Former rebel fighters who should have been disarmed and demobilized following the formal ending of internal conflict in 2003 have reacted with violence when they have not received their benefits ... read the full report

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